Cut the Cord: BBC Will Soon Launch a New Streaming Service

BBC is the latest network to jump on the cord-cutting bandwagon. In a move similar to HBO Go and CBS All Access, BBC announced on Thursday that it will soon offer international viewers a platform to stream exclusive content online. While details on what exactly will be available to stream are still unknown, the British public network’s director-general Tony Hall said that they will be “offering BBC fans programs they wouldn’t otherwise get.” So while you can still catch Downton Abbey on Amazon Prime and Sherlock reruns on Netflix, you might finally be able to queue up 1995’s classic Pride and Prejudice miniseries, starring a young Colin Firth, as well as many other forgotten treasures from the BBC’s extensive catalog of aristocratic TV series, spy films, and literary adaptations.